Amarjit Singh

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Amarjit Singh
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1970-08-29) 29 August 1970 (age 55)
Wolverhampton, England
Sport
SportWrestling
Event
light heavyweight / heavyweight
ClubWolverhampton Wrestling Club
Medal record
Wrestling
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1994 Victoria 100kg+ super-heavyweight

Tutt Amarjit Singh (born 29 August 1970) also spelt Amerjit is a British former male wrestler who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics. [1]

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Biography

At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Singh competed in the men's freestyle 130 kg, where he finished in 13th place in the men's super-heavyweight division. [2]

He represented England and won a bronze medal in the 100 kg+ super-heavyweight division, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada. [3] [4] Eight years later, he competed in his home Commonwealth Games at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. [5]

Singh was a 12-times winner of the British Wrestling Championships at light-heavyweight in 1989, heavyweight in 1990 and super-heavyweight from 1991 to 1999 and 2001. [6]

In April 2014, Singh was jailed for 6+12 years for possessing prohibited firearms and ammunition. [7] [8]

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Amarjit Singh". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  2. "Biographical information". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  3. "1994 Athletes". Team England.
  4. "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  5. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  6. "List of British Senior Champions from 1904 to 2001" (PDF). British Wrestling. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  7. "Champion wrestler loses appeal against guns and ammo jail term". Birmingham Live.
  8. "Wolverhampton man jailed over gun trade investigation". BBC.